You’ll be part of a collaborative, low-ego team pushing the boundaries of liveness verification and biometric security to protect millions of users worldwide.
In this role, you’ll spend most of your time exploring and innovating, developing new biometric tests from palm and fingerprint matching to advanced presentation-attack detection to stay one step ahead of attackers.
You’ll design acquisition systems and then stress-test them by trying to spoof and break your own work, ensuring our defences are ready before real-world threats appear.
You’ll tackle complex challenges in biometric acquisition, improve data quality, and create samples that closely mimic contact-based systems.
Most importantly, you’ll anticipate and defend against threats that haven’t even been imagined yet, keeping our technology secure long after it goes live.
As a Research Engineer, you will use state-of-the-art Deep Learning technology to develop creative solutions for exciting, industry-defining problems.
Take ownership of research areas in computer vision, machine learning, and biometrics.
Work collaboratively with the research team to find the best solutions.
Communicate research outcomes and findings across the company.
Contribute to the broader research strategy of the team.
Challenge the existing solutions and improve the status quo.
Contribute to a strong team ethic, encouraging psychological safety and inclusivity.

Requirements

A Master's or PhD in a quantitative field such as computer science, engineering, or computational neuroscience.
Experience in machine learning and computer vision.
Strong mathematical skills.
Experience in developing research projects using Python.
A solid understanding of machine learning techniques, including Neural Networks.
Familiarity with Python libraries such as NumPy, Pandas, and Scikit-learn.
Experience with Deep Learning libraries like PyTorch or TensorFlow.
The ability to process large amounts of data, including unstructured data.
Excellent communication skills for understanding and explaining complex concepts.
Strong programming skills with a good grasp of data structures, object-oriented programming, and software engineering principles.
Good time management and organizational skills.
Great to have (but not essential) Understanding of multiple machine learning disciplines, such as Image Processing, Computer Vision, Signal Processing, Natural Language Processing, and Pattern Recognition.
Experience with Docker and Google Cloud Platform.
Experience with DevOps tools for experiment tracking, automation, and dataset versioning.

Benefits

25 days Annual Leave, plus 8 Bank Holidays (more holiday with service - up to an extra 5 days off per year based on your continuous service)
Growth Shares allocated after passing probation (6 months of service)
Salary sacrifice schemes including: Pension, Cycle To Work and Electric Car Scheme
Nursery Sacrifice Scheme
Work Overseas Perk - Work globally for up to 2 weeks
Life Assurance
SmartHealth - Access to private GP, Psychologist, Nutritionist along with tailored fitness plans for both you and your family
Benefit from personalized 1:1 career coaching with our in-house Occupational Psychologist
Award winning L&D platform with personal allocated training budgets
Enhanced paid family leave
Pension - 5% employee, 3% employer
Flexible hybrid working environment
Free Barista Coffee/Tea, biscuits with fruit in the WeWork office
Free access to WeWork discounts and free online well-being sessions
Vitality Health - a range of options available on this below: The Vitality Programme includes a number of reward benefits that all employees have access to as part of the plan, for example: Private Health cover including Dental, Optical, and Audiology
50% off monthly gym memberships
Apple watches significantly discounted based member vitality status
Half price trainers with Runners Need
Weekly rewards – Free coffee with Café Nero
Monthly rewards – Free Cinema ticket
Discounts on travel with Expedia (hotels) and Mr & Mrs Smith with discounts getting greater throughout the year based on a members vitality status
Amazon prime free months based on activity
Up to 25% cashback at Waitrose when buying healthy foods
75% off stays at Champneys Health Spas
Allen Carr’s £299 no smoking programme for free
Access to Vitality Healthy Mind with 30% off Headspace subscriptions and the ability to earn Vitality points for using Buddhify, Calm and Headspace
Discounts on Weight Watchers
50%-80% off Comprehensive Private Health screenings

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

machine learningcomputer visionDeep LearningNeural NetworksPythondata structuresobject-oriented programmingsoftware engineering principlesimage processingpattern recognition

Soft Skills

communication skillstime managementorganizational skillscollaborationproblem-solvingcreativitypsychological safetyinclusivity

Certifications

Master's degreePhD